Oil-burner



F 'AND- v. KLUGA.

01L BURNER.

- APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, 1920.

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3 SHEETSSHEET I.

Wane/ea F. AND v. KLUGA.

OIL BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, I920.

1,362,874, Patented Dec. 21,1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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F, AND V. KIUGA.

OII. BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I2, I920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

IIII II QRWCW mo 20 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT KLUGA AND FELIX KLUGA, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

OIL-BURNER.

Application filed April 12,

7 '0 all to hom it may concern Be it known that we, VINCENT KLUGA and FELIX KLUGA, citizens of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates generally to burners, and more particularly to oil burners adapted to be used in connection with the ordinary cooking stoves, ranges and other types of stoves.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a burner adapted for this use and embodying structural features which will enable it to burn kerosene or other liquid fuel not easily volatilized.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a burner of this character! a unique and novel arrangement and combination of parts, and the details of construction which are hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the burner;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of one side of the burner;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the other side thereof;

Fig. 4: is a view of one end of the burner;

Fig. 5 is a view of the other end thereof;

Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on the line 66 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a similar view taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on the line 9-9 of Fig. 2; and,

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the base member.

The preferred form of the invention consists of an open quadrilateral base member 1, the longitudinal sides of which are parallel and one of them having formed integral therewith the walls 2 of a pre-heating trough 3, the latter necessarily extending longitudinally with respect to the base member. One of the ends of the walls 2 of the trough are bent right angularly to overlap a small portion of one of the ends of the base Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

1920. Serial No. 373,351.

member as clearly shown in Fig. 10. The walls 2 of the trough are upstanding from the base member.

Disposed above the base member 1 is a hollow mixing chamber casing 4 which is preferably of J-shaped configuration having an air inlet opening 5 in the free end of its short portlon 6, and having the free end of its long portlon 7 open and provided with means by which an auxiliary manifold is attached thereto. This auxiliary manifold is designated by the numeral 8 and is in the term of a T-connection having a dividing baiile in its intermediate portion disposed opposite the middle of the open end of the casing portion 7. The J-shaped casing has a pair of depending lugs 10 which rest upon the base member 1, and these and the base member are apertured to receive screws 11 or other suitable securing elements in order to firmly attach the casing to the base member. The tree ends of the screws 11 are threaded intothe lower side of the casing.

Formed integral with or otherwise fitted to one end of the T-connection 8 and extendmg parallel to and along one side of the longest portion 7 of the casing is a tubular auxiliary burner'12 having a plurality of transverse slits in its outer side. If desired the end of the tubular burner 12' remote from the T-connection 8 may have an open- 1ng therein through which access through the interlor of the burner may be obtained and this opening is normally closed by means of a screw plug 13. Formed integrally with or otherwise suitably fitted to the other end of the T-connection 8 and extend- 111g parallel to and along the other side of the longest portion 7 of the casing is a tubular generator burner 14 having in its outer side a plurality of transverse slits l5 and having its free end provided with an openmg which is normally closed by means of a screw plug 16.

In order to control the flow of gas into the burner 12 the end of the T-connection 8 with which this burner is formed is provided with a valve seat 17 against which seats a valve 18 carried upon a stem 19 having a threaded engagement with a screw 20 which is llkewise engaged with the T-connection 8.

One wall of the trough 3 at one end and connected and which carries a main valve 25, the latter preferably being in the form of a needle valve and consequently having a screw-threaded stem for controlling the position of the same.

Threaded to another portion of the fitting 23 is a generator tube 26. This generator tube is disposed parallel to and along one side of the generator burner 14 and has its end remote from the fitting 23 disposed or fitted in an opening formed in the free end of the shortest portion 6 of the casing. The generator tube 26 has communication with the supply pipe 24 through the fitting 23, and its end adjacent the shortest portion 6 of the casing is provided with a plug 27 having a needle valve seat 28 therein. As clearly shown a portion of the plug 27 extends a considerable distance into the interior of the generator tube 26 and is of less external diameter than the internal diameter of said tube so that fuel will circulate around it. One side of this portion of the plug 27 is provided with an opening 29. The numeral 30 represents a needle valve operating in the seat 28 and carried by a comparatively long stem 31 which extends longitudinally through the tube 26 and is threaded at its end adjacent the needle 30 to the interiorly disposed portion of the plug 27. The intermediate portion of the stem 31 carries a spacing member or block 32 having opposite sides cut away so as to permit the gaseous fuel to pass from one end of the tube 26 to the other. The free end of the stem 31- extends through a suitable packing construction 33 mounted upon the fitting 23. The external diameter of the needle valve 30 is less than the internal diameter of the aperture through the plug 27 so that the gaseous fuel after passing around the interior portion of the plug 27 is permitted to pass through the opening 29 and through the aperture in the plug around the needle.

The numeral 34 represents a main manifold which is disposed above and arranged parallel to the longest portion 7 of the casing. The intermediate portion of the manifold 34 is secured by suitable means to the intermediate portion of the longest portion 7 of the casing and has communication therewith through alined openings 35 in the respective members. The upper sides of the main manifold 34 at the ends thereof are provided with openings 36, through which extend vertical pipe sections 37 which have their lower ends threaded or otherwise suitably secured to the lower side of the main manifold. Threaded to the upper ends of these pipe sections 37 and fitted in the openings 36 of the main manifold are main burners 38. These burners 38 are provided with a plurality of slits 39. The gaseous fuel adapted for use in connection with cooking stoves, ranges or other stoves, and in this connection it is preferably placed in the fire box, so that its base member 1 rests upon the grate. The various valve stems 19, 25 and 31 are to be made long enough to extend through the wall of the stove and are constructed so that they may be provided with suitable handles or knobs. The burner is placed in the fire-box of the stove in such a position that the burner 12 will be disposed adjacent the oven and so that the main llourners 38 will be located beneath the stove ids.

In starting the device gasolene or woodalcohol is poured into the trough 3 and lighted. The flames from the burning gasolene or alcohol contacting with and passing around the generator tube 26 will heat the latter so that when the main valve 25 is opened and kerosene is permitted to pass from the supply pipe 24 through the fitting 23 and into the generator tube 26, it will be volatilized. Upon opening the needle valve 30 the volatilized kerosene flows into the shortest portion 6 of the J-shaped mixing chamber casing and through the entire casing. The circulation or flow of the gaseous fuel will suck air into the casing through the inlet opening 5. This air becomes mixed with the volatilized fuel in the mixing cham ber casing. A portion of the mixture of air and gaseous fuel will pass into the generator burner 14 and if this is ignited as it issues from the slits 15, it will keep the generator tube 26 hot after the wood-alcohol or gaso lens in the trough 23 becomes exhausted. Other of the mixture of air and fuel will pass into the main manifold 34 where it is divided so as to supply the two main burners 38. If it is desired to heat the oven of the stove, the valve 18 is opened by operating the valve stem 19 so that the mixture of air and fuel will pass into the auxiliary burner 12 and so that it may be ignited as it issues from the slits 13.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that the objects of the invention have been effectively carried out, as the burner is well adapted for use in connection with cooking stoves, ranges and the like and may be attached thereto without first especially adapting or reconstructing the stoves. The combination and arrangement of parts and the construction of the various elements are novel and unique, and the burner as a whole may be easily and cheaply manufactured and will be eificient and reliable in operation.

Although the construction above described is preferred, yet it may be found that it may have to be modified according tothe use to which it may be put, and it is to be understood that such modifications may be permitted within the meaning of the appended claims.

l/Vhat is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a mixing chamber casing, a main manifold mounted on said casing, main burners fitted upon said main manifold, an auxiliary manifold mounted on said casing, an auxiliary burner and a generator burner fitted to said auxiliary manifold, and a generator disposed adjacent said generator burner and fitted to said casing.

2. A device of the class described comprising a J-shaped mixing chamber casing having an air inlet at one end, a T-connec tion fastened to the other end of said casing, a tubular auxiliary burner fitted to one end of said connection and extending along one side of the longest portion of said cas ing, a tubular generator burner fitted to the other end of said connection and extending along the other side of the longest portion of said casing, a generator disposed adjacent said generator burner and fitted into the air inlet end of said casing, a manifold mounted upon the longest portion of said casing and disposed above the same, and main burners fitted upon said manifold.

3. A device of the class described comprising a J-shaped mixing chamber casing having an air inlet in its shortest portion, a T-connection fastened to the free end of the longest portion of said casing, a tubular auxiliary burner fitted at one end to one end of said connection and extending parallel to the longest portion of said casing along one side of the same, a tubular generator burner fitted at one end to the other end of said connection and extending par allel to the longest portion of said casing along the other side of the same, a tubular generator fitted to the free end of the shortest portion of said casing and extending parallel and adjacent to said generator burner. a main manifold mounted above and parallel to the longest portion of said casing and communicating at its interme diate portion with the intermediate portion of the latter, and main burners mounted upon the ends of said manifold 4. A device of the class described comprising a J-shaped mixing chamber casing having an air inlet in its shortest portion, a T-connection fastened to the free end of the longest portion of said casing and provided with a dividing baffle therein, a tubular auxiliary burner fitted at one end to one end of said connection and extending parallel to the longest portion of said casing along one side of the same, a tubular generator burner fitted at one end to the other end of said connection and extending parallel to the longest portion of said casing along the other side of the same, a tubular generator fitted to the free end of the shortest portion of said casing and extending parallel to and alongside of said generator burner, a main manifold mounted upon and disposed above the longest portion of said casing, and main burners mounted upon said manifold.

5. A structure as specified in claim 2 together with a valve in one end of the T- connection for controlling the gas supply to the auxiliary burner, and a valve in the generator for controlling the gas supply to the mixing chamber casing.

6. A structure as specified in claim 3, together with a valve in one end of the T- conne'ction for controlling the gas supply to the auxiliary burner, a needle valve seat in the end of the generator which is fitted to said casing, and a needle valve in said valve seat for controlling the gas supply to said casing, the stem of said needle valve extending longitudinally through said generator.

7. A device of the class described comprising an open quadrilateral base member provided at one side with an integrally formed longitudinally extending preheating trough, the walls of which raise upwardly therefrom,a mixing chamber casing disposed above said base member and having depending legs resting upon the latter, securing elements extending through said legs and said base member, a generator fit: ted to said casing and disposed above said trough, and burners fitted to said casing.

8. A structure as specified in claim 2, together with the auxiliary burner and the generator burner being formed integrally with the T-connection.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

VINCENT KLUGA. FELIX KLUGA. 

